Monumental battle develops in DuluthRandy Furst, Star Tribune
March 8, 2004
Ten Commandments in Duluth
Bob King Associated PressDULUTH -- Richard Kacer, 49, a heavy-equipment operator, paused on the sidewalk a few feet from the Ten Commandments monument on the lawn outside Duluth City Hall to offer his opinion about the civil liberties advocates who are suing to have the 2,500-pound block of granite removed.
"We already know where they're headed, anyway," Kacer said. "To Hell."
The 72-inch-tall monument ignites passions -- fueled by the Minnesota Civil Liberties Union, which announced last week that it had filed suit against the city to remove it on the grounds that the monument violates the U.S. Constitution and the Minnesota Constitution by endorsing religious views promoted by the Christian and Jewish faiths.
City officials have been flooded with messages from people who want the monument to stay put.
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